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Story of the week: England's visitor economy can grow from £97b in 2010 to £147b and create 225,000 more jobs over the next decade, according to VisitEngland.
John Footman is to become the new chef at the Goose in Britwell Salome, which was forced to close ...
Posted: 19 March 2010 | 16:36
The Academy of Food and Wine (AFW) has added £10,000 worth of bursaries for the winners and runners-up in its Gastronomy Team of the Year and Future Stars of Gastronomy competitions. The two competitions, which are open to chef and waiter teams...
Posted: 19 March 2010 | 11:54
The five colleges through to the final of the 2010 Nestlé Toque d’Or student catering competition have been announced. Petroc (North Devon), The College of West Anglia, University College Birmingham, Warrington Collegiate and York College won their places following regional heats ...
Posted: 18 March 2010 | 11:23
Two chefs from the north-east have taken gold in the Hospital Chefs Team Class at the 2010 Le Salon Culinaire International de Londres, which took place at Hotelympia last week. Organised by the Hospital Caterers Association (HCA), the awards aim to give hospital chefs...
Posted: 09 March 2010 | 10:45
The organisers of Le Salon Culinaire International de Londres have announced the special awards and winners of best in class. Kitchen/larder – House of Commons Culinary Team for Class K9 Open Team Grand Prix (buffet); Open Team Grand Prix - House of Commons Culinary Team for La Parade des Chefs...
Posted: 05 March 2010 | 17:46
Story of the week: Industry figures have paid tribute to Rose Gray, the co-founder of the acclaimed River Café in London, who has died aged 71 after a prolonged battle with cancer. It was Hotelympia 2010 this week, and to round off the five-day event, the godfathers of the British culinary scene...
Posted: 05 March 2010 | 16:10
A school cook from Cheshire has beaten hundreds of competitors to win the Sodexo Chef of the Year title in a contest held at Hotelympia. Andrew Willcox, a chef at Cheadle Hulme School in Cheshire, was one of 10 finalists representing Sodexo’s healthcare, education, defence and corporate services divisions.
Posted: 05 March 2010 | 11:21
The search for the 2010 National Chef of the Year has been launched by the Craft Guild of Chefs. Now in its 20th year, the prestigious biannual competition has helped the careers of some of the UK’s best known chefs including Gordon Ramsay, Eyck Zimmer and the incumbent Simon Hulstone...
Posted: 03 March 2010 | 16:45
Three gold medals have been awarded in La Parade des Chefs, the working competition restaurant at Le Salon Culinaire International de Londres at Hotelympia 2010. Working in glass-enclosed kitchens, two teams have been battling it out on each day of the show, preparing and cooking a meal...
Posted: 02 March 2010 | 14:41
Matthew Cheal, a chef at the one-Michelin-starred Simpsons restaurant in Edgbaston, won the British Culinary Federation Chef of the Year 2010 competition at Le Salon Culinaire International de Londres at Hotelympia earlier this week. Beating off stiff competition from chefs including runner-up...
Posted: 02 March 2010 | 14:21
The full list of winners from this year's La Parade des Chefs at Hotelympia 2010. - MONDAY: House of Commons Culinary Team (gold) - Nick Wort, Luke Fouracre, Daniel Terry, David Bush, Nick Chapman, Andy Ditchfield, Keith Winspur...
Posted: 02 March 2010 | 11:02
LIVE THEATRE - MEDALLISTS
Senior classes
Alaska Seafood Challenge: Simon Webb (silver and first in class), Compass Group Culinary Team; Daniel Capp (bronze), Royal Garden Hotel, London.
Essential Cuisine Chefs Team: James Hart ...
Posted: 01 March 2010 | 15:28
A team of chefs from the House of Commons took gold medal in La Parade des Chefs on the first day of Hotelympia 2010. Working in the glass-enclosed kitchens of La Parade and preparing a meal for 100 paid-for covers, the team, which consisted of Nick Wort, Luke Fouracre, Daniel Terry, David Bush,...
Posted: 01 March 2010 | 14:17
Iain Sampson, head chef at Peterstone Court Country House in Llanhamlach, has won the National Chef of Wales title after triumphing at the Welsh International Culinary Championships last week. James Stagg asked him how he came to be crowned the best chef in Wales.
Posted: 24 February 2010 | 12:44
Story of the week: The green shoots of recovery may be proving elusive, but for Oliver Peyton’s concession caterer Peyton and Byrne they were positively blooming as the caterer scooped a £38m deal with the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew. In restaurant news this week, North-eastern chef ...
Posted: 19 February 2010 | 15:46
Iain Sampson, head chef at Peterstone Court Country House in Llanhamlach, has been named the Best Chef in Wales. Sampson won a tense cook-off yesterday (16 February) to take the title in the National Chef of Wales final, which is organised by the Welsh Culinary Association.
Posted: 17 February 2010 | 12:02
The line-up for the regional finals for this year’s Roux Scholarship has been announced. There will be a total of 18 young chefs competing for a place in the finals, three of whom have been national finalists before.
Posted: 16 February 2010 | 15:43
Story of the week: Spanish celebrity chef Ferran Adrià dominated the news this week with the announcement at Madrid Fusion that he is to close his three-Michelin-starred restaurant El Bulli for two years. Still on the theme of iconic chefs, French patissier-chocolatier Pierre Herme...
Posted: 29 January 2010 | 16:01
The UK economy has officially emerged from recession, but only by the skin of its teeth. Positive growth of 0.1% in the last three months of 2009 may have brought to an end a run of six successive quarters of economic contraction - the longest UK recession on record - but it still fell below many analysts' expectations.
Posted: 29 January 2010 | 14:15
The countdown for the next Bocuse d'Or has started, so Caterer is getting behind the Academy of Culinary Arts and calling on our readers to support Simon Hulstone's bid to put the UK among the top-ranking countries in this prestigious competition.
Posted: 29 January 2010 | 14:12
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